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1) it's unenforceable. Pattern racking is about high balls and low balls. It's not about exact spots. So, you could swap the 7 and 8 ball every rack and it's the same pattern... spots in the rack have low and high ball spots. How can you enforce that? You can switch balls every rack if someone...

He is smarter than I give him credit for, he's knows when he's on the losing end of an argument, and one that could affect his income too. Teaching is overrated. I know players can be helped by teachers, but it's not nearly to the extent people think. Instructors try to make everyone feel they...

You are delusional. The best players all do one thing, they play pool (both competitively and through practice).That's it. Go hit up our country's best player and ask what he did as a kid. You really think he sat in a basement and discussed aiming systems and his stance? I'm sorry, but that's...

Nice post. In my opinion, the more you teach a player how to aim, the more you are head****ing him. I am not saying you agree with that, but that's how I see it. If I had a kid and he wanted to be a pro pool player and looked to me for advice pretty much the only thing I'd ever tell him is...

I wish aliens could come down and study pool players, and let them know how many balls they miss precisley because they started changing their aiming.

Go Pat. This is awesome. My only constructive criticism is the game choices. One pocket has gotta be there. I'd even personally like to see ten ball or bank pool before the other two games.

Maybe we should orient our tvs vertically so we can watch pool.

There are just as many dregs, percentage wise, in a pool hall as anywhere else in the world. The place I feel there are higher numbers of people who are just not good or nice in any way would be a sector like banking or something. I honestly believe a crack addict looks like the Virgin Mary...

Opponent seated and quiet when not his shot is a big one, especially during racking. No winning on break shot.

This is actually a very interesting topic. I think with all the talk about equality, in a sport like pool where the future lies is the women getting a pair and playing with the men to feed their kids. And, the day they do that, win or lose, they've just taken a giant leap in actually becoming...

This is why one pocket is such a good game, because nothing changes to any meaningful extent if you play tight or loose. Rotation games good player should rather play bad players on buckets because they're gonna be the first to have control and will run out every time and no pressure. Pockets...

You can remember a time when people actually made money playing.

It's a joke, if someone put me in charge, which thank god they don't, the first rule I would put in bold writing in the universal rule book that everyone plays by, is that you must sit down and shut mouth when the guy is racking. Pain of losing the game if u break that rule. We need quite a few...

I agree, they have more class, or at least portray more class on tv. If they didn't have money they would have no class though, just like pool players. Same with golfers. If golf tournament prize funds were swapped with pool, there'd be a bunch of low life golf hustlers and a bunch of high class...

This is a hanger runnout, cmon. Cut the ball in. Remember this, it's one of the most important things in pool (and believe me had the players I know don't follow this)... you actually have to make good shots to win at pool. You can't just bunt safeties all day and win, you actually have to knock...

Stop playing leagues will solve many of these problems. Not all, but many. Leagues are the worst.

Is sucks. And cops suck too, always have. Yes there are gem cops but I'd bet even if you get a cop drunk they'll admit at some point that 90% of cops are no good. The way I see this, if you leave 5k worth anything in a car, even if you can't see it, you got it coming. Even for 60 seconds. Just...

That's the best thread title I've seen yet.

That's a nice post. I don't have too much of a problem with them myself, they are just a business, as you pointed out. My major beef is with actual league players I suppose. Let's really dissect this. If you want to play two or three times a week, and are willing to spend money to do so, why...

I'm forced to play on barboxes. Idk your exact situation, but the number one problem if you're playing a lot of bar pool is the weight of the balls. I'm not talking about heavy cueballs either... I mean I'm talking you can hit say a two ball, and the three ball can weigh five grams more because...